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Specification of Letters Patent.

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I Application filed November 19, 1915. Serial No. 62,262.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM IVoLrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in boxes and the objectin the present instance is to provide a box suitable for receiving hosie-ry when folded and ready for display.

The'invention consists in providing a rectangular box, such as is commonly used for this purpose, with a supplemental member, commonly termed a frog.

In my present invention, the entire structure is formed in a single piece, and when yin position in the box, the platform members of the frog will be effectually locked by mere contact of the frog with the inner surface of the box, thus eliminating the necessity of an additional key piece, such as is required in the construction described and claimed in the Patent No. 1,110,853, issued to me under date of September 15th, 1914.

In my present invention each of the platform forming members 1s provided with an extension' or locking member, adapted to be passed through a registering slot in the body or bottom portion, and to rbeheld flat against the under surface thereof, between said surface and the inner surface of the box in which it is used, and thus prevent thel platform sections from opening. All pasting or other fastening means are likewise eliminated.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which1- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, showing it in position in a box, the outline of the box being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central sectional view, taken through line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with the box in this view showing in full lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank, slightly reduced, from which the complete frog is formed.

As was the case in my invention shown in the patent above referred to, my present invention provides for interlocking` folded-up side and end walls carrying folded-up extensions forming hollow platforms of determined shape and` location within'. the box; the single blank employed vcomprising' a botn placed.

tom portion 2', side wall portions 3,3- and end wall portions 5 and 6.

As shown in the drawings, each side wall is provided with an inturned locking end and also with a platform extension for a part of its length, adjacent the opposite end wall 'portion 5; said extension consisting of atop section 12, a vertical wall section 1 3 and a bottom or locking section 1,4, which vsections are adapted to fold on the scored lines 15, 16, 17, so as to form a hollow platform lwith the horizontal top section 12, subf stantially on a plane with the top edge of the box in which it is to be used. The parallel sections 14, however,iinstead of resting upon the upper surface of the bottom member V2, are in the present instance adapted for insertion in registering slots 31,` cutv into the bottom member and these portions 14, after insertion therein, are bent to lie flat against the under side of the bottom portion 2 and are held there by contact with the inner surface of the box in which the frog is rhese locking sections 14 are slightly longer than the slots through `which they are inserted, and they are partially severed from the sections 13 at one end, and this partially severed end is bent back upon theportion 14 when it is passed through the slot, and on its release, it will serve vto effectually lock the platform parts in` posi-V Asshown, this hollow platform is tion. rectangular in form and is closed diagonally at its inner end, approximately midway of the length of the box, by a folding vertical wall vsection 18 having an extension '19 adapted lfor insertion in a registering slot 32 arranged diagonally in the bottom `.2,.and

Ywhen thus inserted it is bent against the bottom, in the same manner as and for the same purpose as the section 14 above described. Entering into the formation of this diagonal closure is a triangular inturned extension 20 form-ed on the inner end of the section 13, for insuring a close oint and giving additional support at this point.

The opposite end of the platform is closed by the end wall 5 and the triangular tongue 21 formed on the outer end of the top section 12. This end wall-5 is formed with end sections 23 and these sections are folded inwardly and lie within the platform and tend to give it additional strength.

The opposite end wall 6 is provided with the inturned locking ends 10, so as to form the top of a triangular platform having its point extending centrally into the box; the vertical Walls of said platform being formed j by connected sections 42, adapted to fold on th-e scored lines 43 and each of said sections V42 is formed with an end extension 44 having a locking lip 45 on its outer extremity, adapted to fold on the scored lines 46, 47

thus forming a double fold, one portion 44 of'which forms the infolding or overlapping member as between the two wall sections 42 and the other fold forming the inserting or locking member for passage through the slot 34, cut centrally in the body 2.

The locking ends 10 of the end wall 6 are provided with partly severed lips 36, adapted to overlap when the ends 10 are folded in, and the cuts in the two members will register and permit the lips to be engaged in locked position, thus insuring a rigid endl wall.

' UnlikeY the device described in my previous patent, above referred to, the present construction provides that when the side and end wall portions have been folded up into j the proper platform formations, and their end extensions inserted in their registering slots, it is not necessary to' provide any securing means to insure the parts retaining their proper form, as the placing of the frog in position in its box, willinsure the proper formationy and thus overcome the use of any key piece or other locking or retaining device. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim A 1. The combination of a rectangular box,

with a removable frog adapted to it snugly therein, said frog comprising a flat bottom member having up-turned side and end Wall extensions and provided with a plurality of l slots, a pair of oppositelydisposed hollow 'platforms adjacent one end thereof and a centrally disposed triangular platform at the opposite end, said opposed platforms comprising top and side wall sections, locking extensions on the side wall extensions adapted for insertion in the said slots, diagonal wall sections formingl closures for one end of the platform, locking extensions on said diagonal extensions and adapted for insertion in diagonal slots in the body member, inturned supports on the inner end of each side wall section and inturned extensions on the one end of the bottom end wall extension; said triangular platform comprising a top section, two vertical wall sec* tions, inturned projections on the wall sections and locking lips on said inturned projections adapted for insertion in a centrallyk disposed slot in the bottom member.`

2. A frog adapted for insertion in areotang'ular box, comprising a single sheet of material formed with a body portion provided with a plurality of slots, side and end Iwall projections, infolding extensions on said side and end wall projections, the infolding extensions at one end being provided with registering locking slots; a triangular platform formed at one end of the frog, comprising a top member, two vertical wall members, each of which is formed with an infolding extension adapted to Contact with each other when so folded, and a locking lip on the end of each infolded extension adapt,- ed to jointly enter a single centrally disposed slot in the body portion; oppositely Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

